counterproductive
- having a result that is the opposite to the one intended
Improved safety measures in cars can be counterproductive as they encourage people to drive faster.
proactive
- taking action and making changes before problems happen
Companies are going to have to be more proactive about environmental management.
BBC Learning English - The English We Speak
Act your age, not your shoe size
- to behave in a way suitable for someone as old as you are:
- If someone thinks you're being childish, immature, too young for your age, they can tell you to act your age, not your shoe size.
These people are so childish. They need to act their age not their shoe size.
Take the biscuit
- to be especially annoying, surprising, etc. or to be the worst or best of its kind
- we are 'surprised or annoyed by someone's actions.'
1. And you say she's opening your letters now? Oh, that really takes the biscuit!
2. You take the biscuit by using up my coffee but there is something that really takes the biscuit.
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